We have been so lucky with the weather. Arrived in Sitka at 7 am to splendid views of the harbor and surrounding mountains with the sun shining. And it has only gotten better from there. Upon disembarking the tender, we opted for a one hour tour of Sitka. Doesn’t sound like much but when you consider that Sitka only has 14 miles of highway we saw most of what is to be seen... the Sitka coast, downtown area, hands-on marine museum and fish hatchery, historical museum and park.
After the tour we walked back through town to view St Michael’s Cathedral, the rebuilt old Russian Church. The original church burned down in 1961 but luckily the townspeople were able to save the beautiful and priceless Russian artwork and Icons.
Sitka is definitely not as ‘touristy’ as most of the Alaskan cities we visited. Shops yes…but again no big jewelry stores. Instead many quaint “made in Alaska” stores with beautiful artwork and unique glass.
We still haven’t seen much sea mammal life. A few sea lions this morning. BUT the eagles have been spectacular. They sit on posts in the harbor preening and strutting like they know they are protected and also that everyone is taking their picture.
Wanted to take a look at pictures and post to the blog today so we found a free WiFi and all we had to do was make a purchase…one latte, one frappacino a
nd one chocolate peanut butter brownie that is to die for.
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